Some
of the best things in life are free, and I don't mean the taste of new
toothpaste or laughing with friends. Sure, those are great, but that
warm fuzzy feeling we call happiness can be achieved with more creative
ways, like scoring free Slurpee's, learning how to make art out of trash
and attending a sand sculpture festival.

Post-holiday-weekend lag
got you down? Did last weekend's boozing, barbecuing and fireworking
set your expectations so high such that the prospect of a return the
weekend routine of eating ice cream and watching True Blood suddenly
seems so banal?

Fear
not, because we have not one but TWO awesome weekend-long cons to save
you from the brink of desperation.

For a sunny week in the end of May, this week's events are spectacularly
morbid. It's jam-packed with many a celebration of gorey fun, from book
events to film screenings to marches and parties celebrating the
undead.

It's that time of year again when I cry every time I wake up, because the snow is gone and yet I still have to go to class. But after
class, I'll be watching a lot of movies and gorging myself with
cupcakes and hot peppers. Consider it endurance training in preparation
for the marathon. By which I mean the video game marathon happening at
MIT.